Category: Investments
One in Ten College Students Experiences Homelessness. One NC University is Making a Difference.
One third of college students experience housing insecurity in some form, and 9% identify as homeless. When a student faces housing insecurity or homelessness, it could have long-term health...
Strengthening Character, Confidence and Community: The Power of Performing Arts
Blue Cross NC recognizes the unique role the arts play in feeding the mind, heart and soul. That’s why we invest in arts programs like TheGifted Arts, which teaches...
This food truck is on a mission to end hunger in North Carolina
The Spinning Plate is not your average food truck. It’s a state-of-the-art mobile kitchen bringing warm, healthy meals to hungry people across the state...
Community Health, Community Partners, Investments, Public Health Challenges
Rooted in Raleigh: How This Small, Urban Farm is Making a Big Community Impact
A healthy diet is the most commonly reported unmet social need. So Raleigh City Farm works to provide fresh, healthy food and agricultural education throughout the Triangle...
School-based Virtual Clinic Improves Children’s Access to Care
In some rural and underserved communities in North Carolina, access to pediatricians is limited. Virtual clinics have helped young students get the care they need while staying in school...
Partnership enables students to pursue passion for education in home communities
A core value of the College of Education at East Carolina University is serving rural communities. A partnership with Blue Cross NC is helping future educators fulfill that mission...
Teen transitions from foster care to adulthood, intent on helping kids like him
Trent Taylor understands how living in the foster care system can impact your transition to adulthood. Here he shares how he's overcoming past trauma and preparing to help the...
Julia beats the odds: an anxiety success story
After years of struggling with anxiety and depression, 19-year-old Julia found support from LifeSet, a Youth Villages program that helps vulnerable youth transition to adulthood...
NC schools say, “We’re making sure no child goes hungry on our watch.”
Fighting child hunger, Nutrition Director for Buncombe County Schools leads a team on a mission to make sure no student goes without a meal...
Community Health, Community Partners, Investments, Public Health Challenges
Former shelter resident shares her story of hope
Blue Cross NC is investing in The Shepherd's House to provide a safe place for people struggling with substance use disorders and homelessness...
3 min read | Community Health, Investments, Public Health Challenges
